本文嘗試回到荀子最根本的問題,從人性的角度來著手,已全然的「性惡」作為論述的核心,理解荀子如何透過人「欲」運行社會,並試圖重新以「惡」來建立荀子理論中的聖王形象,建立「性惡」成「聖」的人性論。 本文主要分為五個部分論述,第一部分先爬疏前人文獻,並說明研究的幾大問題。第二部分考辯荀子的欲的意義以及文獻中所可建立關於欲的理論。第三部分從君臣關係與教育著手,研究荀子君臣關係對應至聖王大儒的關係。第四部份研究荀子的文獻,重新建立一套性惡的人性論。第五部分則延續第四部分的人性論,以「想像的共同體」一書中所提到的共同體概念為主要討論,研究荀子脈絡下的儒家發展。
This paper attempts to return to Xunzi the most fundamental problem, hands from the angle of human nature, has been completely "evil" as the core, to understand how Xunzi people through the "desire" operation of society, and try to re build to the "evil" in Xunzi's theory by image, establish "evil" into "sage" the theory of human nature. This article is divided into five parts. The first part is the first part of the study. The second part examines the meaning of Xunzi's desire and the theory that can be established in the literature. The third part from the relation with education, research on the relationship between the relationship between the corresponding holy Wang Daru Xunzi. The fourth part studies Xunzi's literature and rebuilds a set of evil human nature theory. The fifth part continues the fourth part of the theory of human nature and studies the development of Confucianism in the context of Xunzi.